Gbta Is It Ok

[mie]

I got a gbta on sat and he atatched right away to one of the higher spots in the tank but on the average of once per day normally between 1100 am and 200 pm he shrivels up very small like a ball of snot and has these claer stringy starnds coming off of him and stays that way for about two hours or so he then recovers to his bright green self looking all beautifull. is this normal? it is in a 75 with pc's running just over three and a half watts per gallon useing ro water and all water conditions are ok amm is .10 and ph was at 8.0 everything else is spot on tank was set up in feb 2008 and there is also a purple codyalctic about two feet away that is doing great

 

[dawman]

If you have any ammonia , your water is not ok .

 

[mie]

even that little, please elaborate that was after a 22 gal water change what can i do to improve this number

 

[perfectdark]

IMO you have die off somewhere, and in a quantity that your nitifing bacteria cannot keep up with. You need to find out where the source of the amonia is comming from as this will certainly kill your anenomes.

 

[mie]

All of my fish are accounted for as well as inverts where else could it be coming for

 

[perfectdark]

Could you give us a little more detail about your tank and its inhabitants? Fish what kind and what size? Filter what type? Flow? Other than having something die in your tank, the only other thing I can think of that would cause amonia in your tank would be too much fish waste/food. If there was more waste than your nitrifing bacteria can handle it would show up as amonia.

 

[mie]

That sounds spot on maybe i should try cut feedings to every other night and is there a chemical i could use to help lower my ammonia levels i just changed 20+ gallons on saturday

 

[perfectdark]

I dont recomend using any chemical in your tank.. but if you do a 15% water change every other day you should see your levels go down by the 3rd change or so.
You dont need to feed your fish everyday, in fact I know alot of people who feed theirs every 3 days. But a small amount of food every other day is sufficient especially if you have a reef tank where your fish can pick on other things in there.

 

[dawman]

I`ve used Bio-Spira before when needing to get a tank cycled fast for new fish . It works great as it removes ammonia and nitrites .

 

[mie]

Originally Posted by Dawman
If you have any ammonia , your water is not ok .

well i discovered today that i was reading my ammonia test results from the freshwater card instead of the saltwater card

lets just say that all peramiters are spot on

 

[nietzsche]

if all your parameters are in check and you have the correct light and so on, then its just regulating the water within itself and adjusting to the tank